[Jprogramming] Report of the J Wiki Meeting of May 11, 2023

2023-05-15 Thread 'robert therriault' via Programming
== Report of Meeting 2023-05-11 == Present: Ed Gottsman, Dave Lambert , Raul Miller, and Bob Therriault Full transcripts of this meeting are now available on the its wiki page. https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Wiki/Report_of_Meeting_2023-05-11 1) The began with Raul sharing an animation of a rot

Re: [Jprogramming] Bivalent verb query

2023-05-15 Thread Henry Rich
Yes.  $: applies only to tacit programs or tacit components of sentences. The simplest way to get a stack error is $: 0 (but if you can make it crash in 9.4 or later, please report how you did it and what your JVERSION is) $: means 'execute the verb phrase I was contained in'.  $: by itself

Re: [Jprogramming] Bivalent verb query

2023-05-15 Thread Brian Schott
Reading in Nuvoc I see the following comment. Perhaps, it pertains. 3. In no case does $: refer to a larger unit than the sentence it appears in, for example an explicit definition in which it appears. -- For information about J f

[Jprogramming] Bivalent verb query

2023-05-15 Thread 'Rob B' via Programming
Could someone explain what I've misunderstood here please? a=: i.4 ff=: 3 : 0 +/ y : $: x,:y ) ff a,:a NB. works a ff a NB. STACK ERROR or crash Thanks, Rob -- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/fo